422—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1980
Dairy Princess creams Commissioner Huber
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
MT. JOY It was clearly
no contest when County
Commissioner James Huber
challenged reigning Lan
caster County Dairy Prin
cess Lucinda Landis to a
millring contest as a way to
gamer publicity for the
county’s dairy industry.
In the end, Huber was
forced to admit, “She
creamed me!” Although
Huber said he has some
practice on his uncles’ farms
as a youngster, he didn’t
have what it takes to beat
Lucinda who gets daily
practice on her father’s
farm, although not usually
by hand.
The contest took place at
the farm of Elvin and
Marian Brenneman, Mount
Joy R 2, and a very placid,
cooperative cow named
“Love” allowed herself to be
the object 'of some very
unprofessional pulling and
squeezing.
Huber gamely sat by the
cow and massaged her
udder, saying, “I’m war
ming my hands,” but as the
nilk refused to flow, he
questioned, “Are you sure
"he's not dry?” When “of-
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ficials” offered to expand
the length of milking time
allotted, Huber said, “That’s
all right.”
Even a get-acquainted
visit to the Brenneman farm
the night before the contest
did not give him the
necessary advantage. There
was a lot of encouragement
for the Commissioner from
the small crowd which
gathered to watch, including
four of the six contestants in
this year’s county contest.
There was also a lot of
advice, most of it to no avail.
“You have to pull a little
harder,” someone was heard
to say. Another said, "How
would you like to milk 20
cows that way?”
When Lucinda sat down
the milk flowed easily and
she quickly had the milk
foaming in the bucket.
Although there was only an
eyeball measurement, there
was no doubt of the winner.
Huber conceded, saying “I
know when I’m outclassed.
She just didn’t like a
politician's hands.”
Even a rematch staged a
half hour later for the benefit
of television cameras left
Lucinda a clear winner,
although Huber’s form had
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in cow milking contest
improved somewhat and he
got slightly more than a
trickle. He asked for, but
was not granted, “a pint
handicap” in the second
contest. He mentioned that
perhaps his problem was
that he didn’t have a stool.
When Huber jokingly
opened his mouth as Lucinda
milked, she accommodated
him by squirting a stream of
fresh warm milk in his
direction. As he mopped his
face, he inquired, “Is milk
good for your complexion? ’ ’
All in all, it was a lot of
laughs for the participants
and each received a large
piece of cheese for his ef
forts. And Commissioner
Huber had a chance to show
his knowledge of the
county’s dairy industry by
telling reporters that Lan
caster County is first in the
state in dairy production
value and second in the
nation. In terms of cow
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No question, Lucinda beat the
Commissioner.